these kids have a lot of nerve growing up so quick.
it's kind of mean.
they just grow and grow….taller and taller….wearing man and woman shoe sizes and think it's fine!
rude.
first grade. eighth grade.
fifth grade. fourth grade.
we started at a new school this year.
smaller.
more like what craig and i grew up in…..yeah…..S.M.A.L.L…..so happy about it.
and they were too.
they were nervous but they each fought it…..they were brave……they are BRAVE.
no tears.
and actually not even one "goodbye Mom" they were just gone….never looking back.
i am proud of them.
snapped this out my window as i drove home.
it's going to be a great year.
thank you Lord.
amen.
(ps….lauren starts on thursday….she was at volleyball practice when we left this morning)
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Doris - so sweet 🙂
great pics!
kristin - what school?!?!?!?
Melanie - Aw, man…I don’t even personally know your kids but just seeing how much they’ve grown and seeing them go off to school almost makes ME cry!
Shannon - Please share where you got Annie’s dress. It’s ADORABLE!! Hope they are having a great week. My oldest stated Kindergarten this week and he HATES going!!! And that makes it hard on Mama too.
Casey - Your photos make me miss Kansas. Such an understated, beautiful place to live!
Cassie - Great first day of school pictures! I love Waffle’s little face peaking through the window in the first picture of the group. You’ve been shopping at The Children’s Place…haven’t you? Love it 😉
Jen Brandt - My 1st grade daughter picked out that same adorable owl lunch bag!
Sara - Love the photo of Kansas…sigh…I miss…
kim smart - you really have a beautiful little family!! i love seeing your photos of them and all the crafts you do together!! i rarely post a comment but wanted to say just how much i enjoy reading your blog! and yes, i too love that waffles is peeking out the window, lol
Lindsey - Beautiful kids… you are a lucky woman. I hope God blesses me with children someday. And I love the first photo with Waffle in the window. So sweet it makes me want to cry.
Libby - So sweet!! I am loving your dog photo bombing the first group pic!! Enjoy your day!!
freckled hen - First day of school pics are always so sweet. You have a beautiful family! I’m so happy to see your 8th grader wearing those black socks as my 9th grader has been wearing them all summer. I’m glad it’s a “style” and not just his style!
Adrienne S - Enjoy your day! I still have about three more weeks before my kids go back to school. I felt your pain about sneaker shopping though. Love the kid prices…not so much adult prices!
Shaina - Miss Talby does not look like a fourth grader, what a beautiful young lady. Annie’s dress is adorbs and the boys look like good ‘ol pre/teenage boys and I love it! Congrats on your first day back to Mom time! Enjoy!
Juli - Oh, poor Waffle looking all forlorn in the background…Waffle wants to go to school too! (or maybe just be in the photos!)
Leslie Davison - Boy your kids are beautiful! Bummer such and early start of school.
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Kerry - aaah man, hope they have had an awesome first day in their new school. I LOVE it that you guys can wear ‘normal’ clothes to school, my poor kids are confined to uniform and they hate it! Here’s to a great year 🙂 xx
SaraG - We love the dress Annie has on – where did you get it??
Hope your first day was happy – ours was all new too and all is going well so far!
kasey - thanks for the p.s. at the end.
I was wondering if Lauren up and left home….
shauna - it’s really so amazing.
this job we have.
starting with these little tiny babies and
then turning around and seeing these…people.
awesome, funny, rude, thinking, feeling, living people.
people that you have loved and raised and labored over every step of the way.
i know, it’s not even close to over (thankgoodness), but you are doing a good job, meg.
you are fighting for your family.
you are the real deal.
i have been working on your banner, and using that time to remember the few things i know about you and your children and praying for them as i put each part together.
just wanted you to know that.
now go put your feet up sister!
amy jupin - big day.
big kids.
no lauren?
you made it mom, you made it.
you deserve some sonic.
with vodka.
🙂
colleen from alabama - We’ve been back since last Wednesday! My oldest started middle school! Don’t Blink huh?
Rach - No more bike riding to school?
Rebecca W - what a bunch of good lookin’ kids! glad to hear you survived the summer!!
happygirl - Wow, school already. I can’t believe how fast summer went. Did you finish your chalkboard list?
Kate S. - Love Talby’s expression in that last group shot–she’s such a cutie!
Lisa - LOL – before I got to the end of your post I was thinking “Where’s Lauren?” 🙂 Our kids do have some nerve growing up on us…
Jenna - This made me tear up! How do we stop them from growing??
Jenna
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Jen - My daughter wore the same dress today for her back to school outfit as Annie has on!!! Gotta love the ruffles!
Hope you have a great(quiet) day!
Tiffany - I’m a recent follower. Got hooked with your summer fun list idea. We created one of our own this year. I have two kids 3 1/2 years and 4 months. I’m a teacher, but had a fun summer staying home with them and doing stuff on the list. Have you ever done a Fall or Winter fun list? I’m working on one now because I realized I needed some fun things written down to look forward to. I need to remember that just because summer is ending, it doesn’t mean our fun has to!
Debra - I can’t believe those girls aren’t wearing something bright coloured and happy! They look great though.
Courtney - I LOVE Annie’s outfit!!
After following your blog for two… three? years now I can’t belive how big they all have gotten (I’m in denial of my own!) or that sweet little Annie is old enough for 1st grade! Tell them to stop growing, because if your sweet annie can be old enough for 1st grade, that means my daughter really is in her last year of preschool this year, and I don’t want to admit that ONE bit!
Melisaa Barber - Don’t high black nike socks just kill you?! That’s all my teen-age son will wear too! And smaller schools are better. There are less than 100 kids per grade here.
Sandy - I LOVE Annie’s first day of school outfit. ADORABLE!
Ali - Such great back to school pics of their bags and lunches and of course your beautiful kids! 🙂 How did you decide to change schools? Are they all at one school? Did you choose private school? I’m so curious about how you found a small school! I’d love to my kids to go to a smaller school!
~ Ali
the whyte house - my oldest starts kindergarten this week. wichita has ALL DAY kindergarten. GOD BLESS THEM. only 365 days til the next child can go, too. hahaha. 🙂
way to tackle the new school like champs!!
Ali - My child NEEDS Annie’s Dress!! Where, please? So totally cute;)
casey - I agree, I don’t even know you or your kids but I so much enjoyed seeing pics of their first day of school! I was sadden yet excited for them! I can’t wait to hear about how their first day went!
Oh and how as your day?????? (c;
elisa - Love the one with Waffle looking out the window.
Marie Smith - Wow, they let kids wear flip flops to school. Not here….
beth - Can’t get over how much Talby looks like you 🙂 Hope their day is great!
lynne - Seriously adorable kids. Now I have another blog to read! So excited!! Found you from Being Happy. I get mad too when my kids get old. How DARE they!!!
tiffany m gardner - Beautiful children. I know…growing up is bitter sweet. My kids are at a small school now…but when jr. high comes it a different story in okc. Maybe the Lord will change our directions by then and if not…I will depend on his grace. Enjoy your day!
alicia @ la famille - yeah for mama time….BOOOO for kids growing up TOO FAST!! i agree. RUDE! have a good day though 🙂
Pamela Gordon - You have such beautiful children! I’m sure they’ll love there new ‘smaller’ school. Lord Bless you and them!
Katie - Beautiful kids! You did it, you made it through summer. Pray for me because I have 2 more weeks!
kat - Sweet back to school pictures! Enjoy your much deserved time to yourself!!!
Holly - so cute! I hope they all have a great day!
Zoet en Zo - Hope they’ll have a great year. Here three weeks left of ‘summer’ vacatio: lots of rainy days!
Rachel - Back to school already! Wow – it seems like summer just started. I have two weeks left of summer “vacation”. Yeah, I put that in quotation marks because I’m a teacher and, contrary to popular belief, we do not get the summer off. I’ve been working the whole time.
Love Annie’s first day of school outfit. So cute! Your kids are adorable.
Melissa - Talby is looking like such a young woman here lately. Just beautiful!
christine - That Annie is just precious. They all are, but the nervous/happy look on her face is just so sweet. I will be praying for them today. 🙂
robin - I don’t even know your kids, but from seeing their pics almost everyday and hearing their stories, this post brought tears to my eyes at work {thanks a lot}. Our kids all grow up too fast, and whether I see it on your blog or in my own house, their quick growth is joyful and teary-eyed all at the same time.
Terrie G - I M.I.S.S. those days! How dare our kids grow up…and start having their OWN kids…I mean REALLY…sighhhhhh
Maya - They do grow fast and it looks like whatever you’re doing, you’re doing a great job raising them. Congrats to you and your family!! You WILL have a great year!
Helen Wall - Looks like east of town. Good that they can go out there. My kids did not, but it seems like a great school.